Rail-joint.



E. E. MUHNEY & W. GUTH.

RAILJOINT.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJI. m7.

1,7A56a Patented Sept. 3, 1918'. I

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x v -0 .H. INVENTORJ WITNESS E.E. Mohngr and ELMER n. 'MOHNEY, or SANGER, AND WILLIAM corn, or HUME, CALIFORNIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept.3, 1918..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ELMER E. MOHNEY and WILLIAM GUTH, citizens of the United States, residing at Sangerand Hume, respectively, in the county of Fresno and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in the construction of rail joints and has for its primary object to produce a chair composed of similar sections adapted to be firmly clamped together to hold and support the rails united, and which will also serve to prevent the rails from creeping, while permitting expansion and contraction thereof, under climatic changes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character, of great strength and rigidity, which supports the adjacent ends of rails resting thereon, so that the yielding of the said rails incident to the shock and jar to the rolling stock passing will be eliminated.

With theforegoing and other objects in View, which will appear as the nature of the invention is more fully understood, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, set forth in the following description and falling within the scope of what is claimed.

In the drawings, 7

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating two rails connected in accordance with the present invention, and showing the manner in which the ties are secured upon the joint member.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the joint chair, the rails and the ties being removed.

Fig. 1 is an end elevation of the same.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the joint chair members, looking toward the outer side thereof.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the rails are indicated by the numerals 1010 and the ties, upon which the rails rest are indicated by the characters 11. At the confronting ends of the rails 10, two of the ties 11 are preferably arranged closer together than the remaining ties, for a purpose which will presently be apparent.

The joint for the rails 10 comprises two similarly constructed members, each indicated by the numeral 12. Each of the members 12 includes a straight plate 13 from which arise, the end plates 14 and the central strut plates 15-15. All of these plates connect with, the horizontally disposed in wardly extending angular flange 16 which is designed to overlie the base flanges of the rails 10, and formed with the said flange 16, upon the inner edge thereof is the vertically disposed plate 17, designed to be received in the fishing spaces of the rails and to underlie and engage with the heads of the said rails. The plates 17 are centrally bulged outwardly, as clearly shown in the drawings, and may be provided with bolt openings 18 which are preferably elongated, and which receive the bolts that pass through the usual bolt openings in the plates and the rails.

In this connection, it may be stated, that if desired, the plates 17 may be provided with inturned lugs, which may be received in the bolt openings, and in which instance, the bolts are, of course, dispensed with.

The central or what I have termed the bridge plates 16 have their upper portions connected with the horizontal straight plate 19, upon which the confronting ends of the rails 10 rest. The inner walls of the spaced central plates 15 are arched or rounded inwardly at the top thereof, as indicated by the numerals 20 and are centrally connected with a brace plate 21 that is integrally formed with the lower plate 13. The outer edges of the plates 14, 15 and 21 are inclined outwardly from their connection with the horizontal plate 16 to the bottom plate 13, while theinner edges of the said members as well as those of the plates 13 and 19 lie in the same vertical plane, and the lower edges of the plates 14 are provided with outwardly extending cars 22, through which are passed removable securing elements 23.

The spaces between the adjacent plates 14% and 15 provide pockets which are designated by the numerals 2 1 and through which pass the ties 11. The plates 16 are provided with spike openings 25, through which pass spikes 26 that are forced through the upper face of the ties 11, thereby effectively securing the ties to the rail chair sections.

It is, of course, to be understood, that if found necessary, suitable wedge members may be inserted between the bottom plate 13 and the under face of the ties 11 to force the said ties into a position to fully receive the flanges and the rails 10, and from the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings, the constructlon,

method of assembling the same, and the adplate portion, and a flange extendlng 1n- Vantages thereof will, it is thought, be apparent Without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is:

A rail joint comprising members of like design and dimensions adapted to contact With each other at their inner faces each member having a bottom plate portion, a top plate portion end plate portions and intermediate strut portions, there being a brace portion located between the strut portlons and extend ng fromthe base tothe top vardly from the outer face of each member and spaced above the top plate portion and adapted to engage over the base flange of a rall.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures.

ELMER E. MOH-NEY. WILLIAM GUTH.

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' Washington, D. 0. 

